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Oh to drink lemonade on the porch & let the dachshunds run free.

While city life has its privileges, easy access to everything and seriously everything you can think of at your fingertips, there is just something so simple and peaceful about country life.

Source: amberinteriordesign.blogspot.com via Channing on PinterestI've have loved the idea of the Amish, I would die in an instant with no electricity, butjust what their lifestyle embodies is appealing to me. No hustle, and none of theinsanity I run into teaching. It just seems like close nit families living off the land in avery simple way.

Source: pollymilton.tumblr.com via Polly on PinterestMaybe teaching has turned me to this country life dream, every day I come into contactwith children who I want nothing more than to either rescue them from their situationor beat their parents over the head with a shovel. The abuse, drug use, and all aroundselfishness that leaves many of this generations kids neglected is just too much for meto grasp. So I just teach day in and day out trying not to think about the insanity, themissing moms and dads, and the lack of guidance these kids have.

Source: Uploaded by user via Tamyra on PinterestVisiting my in-laws in Tennessee just strengthens my desire to live in the country,homeschool, garden, and raise chickens and cows. It just seems like I could rescue ourfuture kids from the harmful influence public and private school offers these days.Teachers can work their butts off to teach, but at the end of the day our kids arelearning about things they either shouldn't know or should learn from their parentsfrom random children feeding bad information and peer pressure.